According to the Hollywood Reporter, “What Now?” came in second place at the box office this past weekend.
The Hollywood Reporter writes:
In addition to Hanks and Affleck, another popular star fared well at the box office — Kevin Hart. Universal’s stand-up comedy pic Kevin Hart: What Now? opened to $12 million domestically from 2,567 theaters, tying with fellow Universal title The Girl on the Train for the No. 2 spot — the final order will be revealed Monday — and coming in ahead of the $10 million debut of Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, which went to become one of the top-grossing stand-up comedy pics of all time in 2013.
“He’s a genuine comedic movie star, and the definition of what’s funny today,” says Universal distribution chief Nick Carpou. The film played to a diverse audience: 43 percent African-American, 24 percent Caucasian, 23 percent Hispanic, and 9 percent Asian/other.
What Now?, which nabbed an A- CinemaScore, follows the final performance of Hart’s wildly successful stand-up comedy tour at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field in August 2015, along with a dress rehearsal. Hart’s previous stand-up film, 2013’s Let Me Explain, opened to $10 million on its way to earning $32.3 million domestically, the third-best showing of all time for a stand-up comedy movie.
Leslie Small and Tim Story directed What Now?, which also features special appearances by Halle Berry and Don Cheadle. The film, which cost under $10 million to make, played evenly gender-wise, and drew a number of younger moviegoers, with 46 percent of the audience under the age of 25.
His movies usually do well. I heard this is funny too.
I’m so behind on movies. I still haven’t seen Magnificent 7.